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OVERALLS.

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OVBRALLS.

No. 605,236. Patented June '7, 1898.

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' llNIrnD STATES CHARLES eRAM sMIrI-I, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNnSorA.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,236, dated J' une 7, 1898. Application filed J' uly 30, 1897. Serial No. 646,457. (No model.)

To all whom t may @encerrar Be it known thatl, CHARLES GRAM SMITH, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of` Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide I certain improvements in overalls or overgarments, and is particularly directed to that type of these garments'which are known as union-suits or union-overalls.`

To these ends myinvention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices vhereinafter described, and defined in the in like characters indicate like parts throughlis out the several views.

Figure l is a view in front elevation showing my improved union overall or garment. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the said garment, some parts being broken away and some parts being shown as partially separated. Fig. 3 is also a rear elevation,with some parts broken away, showing the central or waist portion of the garment. views showing a man wearing my improved garment over his underwear,tl1e said garment being shown as sectioned on a vertical line and one-half thereof being removed. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the lower portion of the trousers or pants legswith a device for securing the same tightly around the wearers ankles. Fig. 7 is a view, partly in transverse vertical section and partly in diagram, illustrating particularly the manner in which the drawers are suspended or held up bythe other garment. Fig. 8 is a view in central vertical section taken through the garment from front to rear, and Fig. 9 is a perspective Vview of one ofthe drawer-suspending straps removed from the garment.

l indicates the bodyof a man, 2 anordinary pair of drawers, and 3 the shoes which he wears.

\ ln this preferred construction ofthe gar.

Figs. i'and' are perspective ment the front of the same is continuous- 4that is, the front of the legs and the front of lprovided with ahcentral vertical buttoned seam a', which runs from the neck to the crotch of the garment in the ordinary manner. The back of the body portion is formed at or in the vicinity of the waist-line with an expansion-fold a2, which is folded first upward and then downward and is provided with an extension or tail piece a3. This expansion-fold d2 extends a little less thanvhalf- Way around the garment, or, inY other words, extends nearly across the back of the garment. At its opposite ends or extremities the expansion-fold d2 is barred or stitched together, as' indicated at a4, so that said extremities of the fold are unyielding, while the intermediate portion of the same is free to expand or stretch out, as will hereinafter more fully appear. As shown, the loose ends of the folds a2 are provided with buttonholes or eyes a5, through which buttons `or catches a on the sides of the waist at the waist-line are adapted to be passed to securely hold the ends of the fold.

The trousers or pants b are provided with'a drop-Hap b in their upper corners,with buttolr holes or eyes b2, which are also adapted to be passed `over the-buttons or catches a, referred to above. When the garment is properly se cured on the wearer, the upper edge of the drop-nap h is secured between the iap or taihsection a3 and the expansion-fold a2.

lIn virtue of the construction` above described the expansion-fold a2 will normally tend to remain in its folded position or shape, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This is due to the fact that the ends of said fold are stitched or secured so that they cannot expand at these immediately under or in the'vicinity of these` non-expanding `portions of the foldf It is f also very important to here note that in virtue of the garment.

of this construction the weight of the rear portion of the trousers, including, of course, the seat and the drop-Hap, is taken on vertical lines with the non-expanding or unyielding extremities of the expansion-fold, and hence will be thrown onto the shoulders instead of being thrown onto the neck or central portion This is a decided improvement over former garments of this character, in all of which, so far as I am aware, the main portion of the Weight/is taken on the neck of the garment. Furthermore, as the garment is usually made of stift' material and as the fold itselfl is preferably pressed into very permanent form the fold will have a very strong tendency to retain it pressed form.

- The action of the expansionfold d2 when the person wearing the same stoops or bends o-ver is `illustrated in Fig. 5, by reference to which it will be noted that the intermediate portion of said fold has been expanded or stretched out, so that it approaches the direction of a straight line. .This gives freedom of action and ease to the wearer of the garment.

If desired, the intermediate portion of the drop-flap b may be lbuttoned or otherwise separably secured to the inner flap or tail-section d3 at the waist-line, and in this case or in others, if desired, an elastic strap f may be extended between buttons or catches f f 2, secured, respectively, on the back of the body portion c and the drop-nap b. TheA elastic strap f would of course coperate with the other forces above indicated to keep the expansion-fold in its normal o r folded form.

In the construction shown I extend an elas tic stay or take-up strap g across the gore or dart g', which is formed at the center and top of the drop-flap b.

As is ordinary, the drawers 2 are provided at their waistbands with loop-straps 4. To prevent the drawers from dropping or falling down, I provide the blouse or waist at its inner opposite sides with suspension-straps It, which are secured at one of their ends to said blouse just above the waist-line and are provided thereat with buttons or hooks 7c. The free or loose ends of the straps 7c are adapted to be passed through the loop-straps t of the drawers and then to be secured on the buttons or hooks 7c' by means of buttonholes or eyes 7a2.. This construction is illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9.

For workmen employed in many vclasses of work-such, for example, as around mills and .elevators-and particularly by men working in wheat or other grain, it is very desirable that some simple and efficientv device be provided for tightly securing thebottoms of the legs of the garment folded around the ankles of the wearer in such manner that they cannot work up on the shoes and that the grain cannot work into the shoes. This I accon1- plish in a very simple manner by means of a strap p, which is secured to a loop p and to the trousers-legs at a common point. The

p free end of thisstrap 19 is shown as provided with a series of buttonholes p2 and with abutton or hook p3. The strap p is also shown as provided with a button or hook p4, located at such a point that when the strap is out of use and the trousers-leg is unfolded one of the buttonholesp"a may be passed over said button p4 to secure the strap in an inoperative position out of the way of the wearer.

To secure the trousers-legs around the wearers ankles, as illustrated in Fig. 6,- the strap is-drawn through the loop p', so as to tightly draw thefolded pants-legs around the ankles, and then they saidstrap is passed under the instep or hollow of the shoe and is secured at its free end by looping the same over the horizontal, portion of said strap and then passing the button p3 through one of the buttonholes p2.

It is thought to be evident from the foregoing description and statements made that I have materially improved this line of ove-rwear or overalls.

It will be understood, of course, that various alterations in the specific details of construction above described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention1 For example,it would be within the scope of my invention to construct an over- :i garment with an expansion-fold extending transversely across the back and separably connected or attached to that other section of the garment which completes the suit, even if the said two sections of the garment were also separably connected across the fronts.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States7 isas. follows:

1. A union-suit divided transversely at the back between the body and leg portions, and having an expansion-fold extending downwardly from y the body portion and folded upon itself so as to form the plait a2', a drop- Jflap extending from the leg portion and closing upwardly, and fastenings for releasably lclosingl the expansion-fold and drop-flap together at the sides of the garment, the plait a2 being permanently attached to fthe body portion vat its ends inline with the side fasr tenings, and being unattached thereto between its ends, vwhereby the., garment is adapted to be opened and closed at the rear as desired, and is rendered vertically expansible at the back, and non-expansible at the sides. l i

2. A union-suit divided transversely at the back between the body and leg portions, and having an expansion-fold extending downwardly from the body portion below the line of division and folded upon itself so as to forma plait d2 and the tailpiece a3, a dropflap extending from the leg portion and closing upwardly, and fastenings for releasably l closing the expansion-fold and drop-flap together at the sides of the garment, the plait d2 being permanently attached to the body portion at its ends in line with the4 side fastenings, and being unattached thereto be- IOO IIO

tween its j ends, whereby the garment is adapted to be opened and closed at the .rear

as desired, and is rendered vertically eXpan-,

sible at the back, land non-expansible at the sides.

3. A union-suit divided transversely at the a back between the body and leg portions, and

having an expansion-fold extending downwardly from the body portion below the line of division and folded upon itself so as to form the plait a2 and the tailpiece CL3, a dropflap extending from the leg portion and closing upwardly between the plait d2 and the tailpiece d3, non -elastic fastenings for releasably closing the expansion`-fold and dropflap together at the sides, and elastic fastenings for releasably securing said `plait and.

iiap together at the middle, the plait a being permanently attached to the bodyportion at its ends in line with the side fastenings, and being unattachedA thereto between its ends,

whereby the garment is adapted to be opened and closed at the rear as desired, and is rendered vertically expansible at the back, and non-expansible at the sides.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES GRAM SMITH.

Witnesses:

i BEssIE B. NELSON, F; D. MERCHANT. 

